Kecia Copeland is third city council member to file for re-election

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STAFF REPORT

Friday, May 27, 2016, 11 a.m. — Councilwoman Kecia Copeland is the third sitting member of the Bardstown City Council to file for re-election and the second to do so today. Councilman Francis Lydian filed his paperwork earlier Friday.

KECIA COPELAND

Copeland, 46, a resident of Castleton Drive, is in the second year of her two-year term.

So far, a total of 12 candidates have filed for one of the six seats on the council. The other candidates who have filed:

• incumbent councilman Francis Lydian;
• incumbent councilman Roland “Coach Roe” Williams;
• former Mayor Bill Sheckles;
• Richard Nest;
• Franklin Thompson;
• former Mayor Dick Heaton;
• former County Attorney John Kelley;
• David C. Dones;
• David Erickson;
• Sean Ralston, and;
• Michael Johnson.

The filing deadline to be a candidate for city council or other non-partisan local office on the Nov. 8, 2016, ballot is 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9.

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